Telephone mouthpiece protector



NOW-24, 1931. A M GLUCK 1,833,643

TELEPHONE MOUTHPI ECE PROTECTOR Filed June l2, 1930 A TTORNE Y 1r-aaa BYII if, I f

ABRAHAM 1u. GLUcx, or

Patented Nov. 24, 1931 UNITED STATES -PATENT OFFICE NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGN'OIB, OIE' ONE-THIRD T0 .ANICETO B.

VISITACION, F NEW YORK, N Y.

TELEPHONE MoUTHPI'EcE PROTECTOR Application med Jlun'e 12, 1980. Serial No. 460,611.

- This invention relates to new and useful improvements in an advertising sanitary telephone mouthpiece attachment.

The invention has for an object the provision of a device of the class mentioned which is of simple durable construction, dependable in use and eiicient in action, and which can be manufactured and sold at a reasonable cost.

yFor further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following de- Cil a telephone,

.the rear of the scription and accompanying drawings, and

to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

n the accompanying drawings forming a material-part of this disclosure Fig. 1 1s a side elevational view of a telephone provided with the mouthpiece attach- 13 ment.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of a French telephone provided with the same attachment. l l

Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of the attachment er se. f

' Fig. 4 is a ragmentary sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Y Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 but constructed according to a modified form of the invention.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary detailed elevational view of the near ortion of Fig. 5 lookin in the direction of t e line 6 6.

Fig. is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 7 7 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 8 8 of Fig. 6.

The advertising sanitary telephone mouthpiece attachment comprises a casing 10 for engagement over the mouthpiece of a telephone and having a` central opening 13 and advertising windows 14 around said opening 13, means for attaching said casing 10 upon said windows, wire mesh 16 extending over casing 10 so as to cover said y I advertising means 15 and the central opening .vertising windows 14 advertising means 15 behind v- 13,1a7nd disinfectant material 18 in said pocket The advertising sanitary telephone mouthpiece attachment shown in Figs. 5 to 8 inclusive comprises acasing 10 for engagement over the mouthpiece 11 of a telephone 12 and having a central opening 13 and adaround said opening 13, means for attaching said casing 10 upon a telephone, advertising means 15 behind said windows, wire mesh 16 extending over the rear of the casing 10 so as to cover said advertisin means 15 and the central opening 13 in sald casing and formed with an annular pocket 17 encircling said central o ening 13, disinfectant material 18 in said poc et 17, and manual means for disturbing the disinfectantl material for circulating it across the Wire mesh 16 covering said central opening The casing 10 is of circular construction so as to fit upon the conventional circular mouthpiece of a telephone. It is shown substantially the same diameter as the mouthpiece so as to cover its entire front. It is of small thickness as clearly shown in Figs. 1

tand 2. In Fig. 1 the attachment has been shown lapplied upon a conventional telephone. In Fig. 2 a French telephone has been illustrated indicated by reference numeral 12 and having a mouthpiece indicated by numeral 11. The central opening 13 is for the passage of sound Waves so that the user may talk into the mouthpiece in a conventional fashion. Two advertising Windows 14 have been shown, namely an upper window and a lower Window, and these windows are separated by straps 19.

The means for attaching said casing 1() upon a telephone is shown to comprise a plurality of spring clips 2O shaped so as to snap 4on over the mouth ieee. These spring clips necessarily must e quite resilient so that after snapping on they may be pulled off.

ile spring clips have been illustrated, other known means may be used for accomplishing the attaching. The advertising means 15 comprises a sign sheet 21 and a celluloid or other transparent sheet 22 over the sign sheet. These sheets are extended behlnd ypassages 28.

the windows 14. The sheets 21 and 22 are of r1ng construction and have their outer diameters equal to the inner diameter of the casing so as to snugly fit within the casing and their inner diameters slightly smaller than the opening 13. The edges of the opening 13 indicated by reference numeral 23 are'turned inwards so as to produce a finished edge, The yvire mesh 16 has its edges terminating wlthln the diameter of the casing 10 and. the edges of the casingpindicated by reference numeral 24 are turned inwards and clamped against the edges of the wire mesh for holdmg this part and the 'advertising parts in place. Y

The annular circular pocket 17 is formed by embossing the wire mesh 16 so as to present a bulged portion which projects from the rear of the advertising means 15 and produces the pocket. The disinfectant material 18 preferably should consist-of soft cotton or other absorbent material placed within the' pocket and saturated with some liquid disinfectant chemical. The means for-disturbing the disinfectant material 18 for accomplishing thecirculation comprises awire mesh disc 25 positioned to the front of the having its edges engaged.

wire mesh 16 and between the pocket 17 and the sign element 21. A central handle 26 is attached upon the disc 25 so that it may be manually turned. A plurality of cams 27 project from the inthe disc 25 and extend into the ner face of pocket 17. A plurality of radial lpassages 28 communicate with the pocket 17 and ex.

tend towards the center of the wire mesh 16. Rear shields 29 have curved portions for .covering a large portionof the wire mesh bulged to form thepocket 17 and have pointed curved radial portions' indicated by reference numeral 30 for covering the radial These rear shields are hingedly connected atftheir rear ends 31 by pintle pins 32 onto the rear edge of the casing 10. A coaxial` spring 33 is arranged upon each pintle pin 32 andacts between the shield members and the casing 10 for normally urging the shield members flat against the wire mesh 16. A eam 34; proiects from each of the rear shields 29 and pocket 17 and into the path of)v motion of thecams 27 when the disc 25 is rotated. The rear shields 29 may be pivoted up so as to expose portions of the cotton materialwithin the pocket 17 so that liquid', disinfectant may be split upon the cotton and thus the disinfectant be replenished. Occasionally whenever the user deems it necessary he rotates the handle 26 for moving the dise 25 and causing the cams 27 to ride under the cams 34 so as to momentarily slia'htly'lift thev rear shields 29 rearwards leasev the shields so that the springs 33 may smartly snap the rearI shields back against the wire mesh.y This disturbance fans the `telephone and vadvertising windows around said opening, also extends into the telephone, advertising `means and the central opening in contained fumes from the cotton within the pocket 17 through the passages 28 and thus serves to disinfect the wire mesh 16 and 25 through which one talks.

Telephones as generally constructed have mouthpieces into which various people talk. The breath from such persons condenses within the mouthpiece and covers them with a wet film. This is a very good breeding place for germs and presents an unsanitary condition. Careful persons necessarily dislike this condition and normally may use the instant attachment for obviating it. When persons talk through the wire mesh of the instant attachment and cause the same to become damp, it will not be a breeding place for germs in that the disinfectant immediately destroys any such life.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise construction herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modificati onscoming withinthe scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is 1. An advertising sanitaryA telephone mouthpiece attachment, comprising a casing for engagement over the mouthpiece of a telephone and having a central opening and advertising windows around said opening, means for attaching said casing upon the telephone, advertising means behind said windows, wire mesh extending over the rear of said casing so as to cover said advertising means and the central opening in said casing and formed with an annular pocket encircling said central opening, disinfectant material in said pocket. and manual means for disturbing the disinfectant material for circulating -it across the wire mesh covering said central opening.

' 2. An advertising sanitary 'telephone mouthpiece attachment, comprising a casing for engagement over the mouthpiece'of a having a central opening and means for attaching said casing upon the means behind said windows, wire mesh extending lover the rear of said casing so as to cover said advertising said casing and formed with an annular pocket-encircling said central opening, disinfectantmaterial in said pocket, and manual means for disturbing the disinfectant material for circulating it across the wire mesh covering said central opening, said advertising windows being separated from each other by strips constituting portions of the casing 3. Anv advertising sanitary telephone mouthpiece attachment, comprising a' casing for engagement over the mouthpiece of a soy l phone, advertising telephone and having a central opening and advertising Windows around said opening, means for attaching said casing upon the telephone, advertising means behind said Windows, wire mesh extending over the rear of said casing so asto cover said advertising means and the central opening in said casing and formed with an annular pocket encircling said central opening, disinfectant material in said pocket, and manual means for disturbing the disinfectant material for circulating it across the Wire mesh covering said central opening, said means for attaching the casing upon a telephone comprising spring clips projecting from the casing and capable of] snapping upon the mouthpiece of the one. p 4. An advertising sanitary telephone mouthpiece attachment, comprising a casing for engagement over the mouthpiece of a telephone and having a central opening and advertising Windows around said opening, means for attaching said casing upon the telephone, advertising means behind said windoWs, wire mesh extendingover the rear of' sald casing so as to cover said advertising means and the central opening in said casing and formed with an annular pocket encircling said central opening, disinfectant material in said pocket, and manual means for disturbing the disinfectant material for circulating it across the Wire mesh covering said central opening, said advertising means comprising a sign element covered by a Celluloid or other transparent material element and supported behind said windows.

5.l An advertising sanitary telephone mouthpiece attachment, comprising a casing for engagement over the mouthpiece of a telephone and having a central opening and advertising Windows around said opening, means for attaching said casing upon the telephone, advertising means behind said Windows, Wire mesh extending over the rear of said casing so as to cover said advertising means and the central opening in said casing and formed with anannular pocket en'- circling said central opening, disinfect-ant material in said pocket, and for disturbing lthe disinfectant material for circulating it across the wire mesh covering 'said central opening, the edges of said cast mg being turned rearwards 'the supporting of the wire vertising means Within the casing.

6. An advertising sanitary telephone mouthpiece attachment, comprising a casing for engagement over Athe mouthpiece of a telephone and having a central opening and advertising windows around said opening, means for attaching said casing upon the telef and accomplish dows, wire mesh extending over the rear of sald casing so as to cover sald advertising means and the central opening in said cas manual mea ns mesh and the admeans behind said w-ining and formed with an annular pocket encircling said central opening, disinfectant material in said pocket, and manual means for disturbing the disinfectant material for circulating it across the Wire mesh covering said central opening, said disinfectant material comprising an absorbent material saturated with a liquid disinfectant.

7. An advertising sanitary telephone mouthpiece attachment. comprising a casing for engagement over the mouthpiece of a telephone and having a central opening and advertising Windows around said opening, means for attaching said casing upon the telephone, advertising means behind said Windows, said casing so as to cover said advertising means and the central opening in said casing and formed with an annular pocket encircling said central opening, disinfectant material in said pocket, and manual means for disturbing the disinfectant material for circulating it across the Wire mesh covering said central opening, comprising a Wire mesh disc rotatively supported above said Wire mesh material, cams projecting from said disc, rear shields pivotally mounted to the rear of said Wire mesh and resiliently urged against the Wire mesh, and cams upon the rear shields engagea-ble by the cams on the Wire mesh disc so that when the disc is turned the shields move Wire mesh.

. 8. An advertising sanitary telephone mouthpiece attachment, comprising a casing for engagement over the mouthpiece of a. telephone and havingl a central opening andadvertising Windows around said opening, means for attaching said casing upon the telephone, advertising means behind said Windows, Wire mesh extending over the rear. of said casing so as to -cover said advertlsing means and the central opening in said casing and formed with an annular pocket encircling said central opening, and disinfectantma terial in said pocket.

In testimony whereofI have aixed my signature.

ABRAHAM M.- GIJUCK.I

Wire mesh extending over the rear of 

